Macabre

MACABRE (USA)
40 YEARS OF MURDER METAL

In a time of global pandemic, civil unrest and political strife, even an album about murder might feel like a welcome bit of an escape.

Enter Carnival of Killers, the new album from Chicago’s
ultimate musical weirdos, Macabre, which arrives nearly a decade after 2011’s Grim Scary Tales as the band celebrates its 35th anniversary.
Formed in 1985, Macabre’s lineup has remained the same since day one—vocalist/guitarist Corporate Death (Lance Lencioni), bassist/vocalist Nefarious (Charles Lescewicz), and drummer Dennis the Menace (Dennis Ritchie).

That’s a rarity for any band, let alone a band in a genre where peers with similar longevity might not even feature one original member.

The trio is a vanguard of the style they’ve come to describe as “murder metal,” a ferocious mix of death metal, punk rock, grind, jazz fusion, thrash and folk melodies among other sounds with lyrics examining real-life stories of serial killers, mass murderers and more.

What else could you call it except Macabre?